One Vogue writer makes the case for getting an old-fashioned landline phone.
I was on a call with my cable provider for something unrelated when they asked if I wanted to add a landline to my cable package. “No,” I scoffed. Ever the salesman, the representative pressed on.? “So alarmist!” I thought. But then a specific memory that I’d buried deep bubbled up: Boston, April 13, 2015. Two bombs, detonated fewer than five miles away from my college. Erroneous news reports saying another lurked on my campus.
So here I was, five years later, scared again and separated from my family. Perhaps some tangible technology wasn’t such a bad idea after all., a U.K. based company that makes oxymoronic nostalgic-future products: for example, an 80s-style stereo that blasts music via bluetooth. They offered modernized versions of British telephone designs from 1920-1970—all chic, classic, and significantly less clunky then the phones of my childhood. So, I ordered one.
Sure, most of my friends still prefer to text me. But every day, I use my landline more and more. Especially for work: the reception is better, and there’s a healthy dissociation that comes with having one phone for business, one phone for pleasure. And if I do take a personal call, I’m no longer distracted by incoming messages or notifications. The voice on the other end has my full attention.
The other night, I left my phone on silent in the kitchen. Normally, I would have felt some withdrawal-related anxiety:Well, there was the landline for that. I had no excuse to get sucked into my endless nightly scroll. It all felt very peaceful. “New phone,” I thought. “Who dis?”Sign Up Now The latest fashion news, beauty coverage, celebrity style, fashion week updates, culture reviews, and videos on Vogue.com.
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